What now...........are they going to tell us how much bread we are allowed, after all it does contain YEAST as does Beer.

Give the American people a break.

Totally outrageous!!! Angers me as well!

Pat~sadblossom

Anon_55224 responded:

I think the government should

1) Eliminate corn subsidies, so that the price of corn syrup skyrockets.

2) Tax beverages with added sugar at a rate of 100%.

The money saved/raised could be used to extend healthcare to all Americans, which according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (which America helped draft and pass in 1948), is a basic human right.

Check out some of our other rights:Article 23.

(1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.

(3) Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.

Article 24.

Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.

[a name="a25" id="a25"> Article 25.

(1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.

(2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.

1) Eliminate corn subsidies, so that the price of corn syrup skyrockets.

2) Tax beverages with added sugar at a rate of 100%.

The money saved/raised could be used to extend healthcare to all Americans, which according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (which America helped draft and pass in 1948), is a basic human right.

Check out some of our other rights:Article 23.

(1) Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment.

(3) Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.

Article 24.

Everyone has the right to rest and leisure, including reasonable limitation of working hours and periodic holidays with pay.

[a name="a25" id="a25"> Article 25.

(1) Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.

(2) Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance. All children, whether born in or out of wedlock, shall enjoy the same social protection.

Like many previous posters, if I had to show ID to buy a package of sugar, then I am clearly against it.

On the other hand, if food processors, especially cereal makers, were required to reduce the amount of sugar and sugar substitutes in their products, that would be worthwhile.(Just try to find a cereal without sugar added. I mostly choose bite-sized shredded wheat.)

And, every once in a while government regulation gets it right.E.G., when was the last time you had to replace an exhaust system?

That came about as a result of government regulation. For the benefit of younger readers, prior to the mid-1970's, exhaust systems had to be replaced about every three years.Car manufacturers wouldn't do that until required because it adds a few hundred dollars to the cost of a vehicle.

Like many previous posters, if I had to show ID to buy a package of sugar, then I am clearly against it.

On the other hand, if food processors, especially cereal makers, were required to reduce the amount of sugar and sugar substitutes in their products, that would be worthwhile.(Just try to find a cereal without sugar added. I mostly choose bite-sized shredded wheat.)

And, every once in a while government regulation gets it right.E.G., when was the last time you had to replace an exhaust system?

That came about as a result of government regulation. For the benefit of younger readers, prior to the mid-1970's, exhaust systems had to be replaced about every three years.Car manufacturers wouldn't do that until required because it adds a few hundred dollars to the cost of a vehicle.

It wont work. Look at all the candy factories and what-not with people loosing their jobs, etc...

I once read in Reader's Digest years ago --prob back in the 80s-- that daylight savings time was invented for candy factories to make more money at Halloween. I guess there were other supporters.

At any rate, it appears any idiot can get hired at those useless think tanks.

I have diabetes, but I still would not support such a stupid law. If I do not have the good sense to limit my intake of not such healthy foods, it is my fault, not someone else's and I do not need the govt telling me what to do.

I once read in Reader's Digest years ago --prob back in the 80s-- that daylight savings time was invented for candy factories to make more money at Halloween. I guess there were other supporters.

At any rate, it appears any idiot can get hired at those useless think tanks.

I have diabetes, but I still would not support such a stupid law. If I do not have the good sense to limit my intake of not such healthy foods, it is my fault, not someone else's and I do not need the govt telling me what to do.

Daylight savings time was first proposed in the 1890s, when there were few, if any, candy factories, and years before kids ever trick-or-treated. It was implemented in the US in 1918, but earlier in other countries. There were various reasons for DST, including saving fuel, but helping candy factories for Halloween wasn't one of them.

Anyway, I'm with you about regulating sugar. It's a ridiculous notion.

Thanks for your Reply!

Report This| Share this:Regulate Sugar Like Alcohol: Yes or No?Daylight savings time was first proposed in the 1890s, when there were few, if any, candy factories, and years before kids ever trick-or-treated. It was implemented in the US in 1918, but earlier in other countries. There were various reasons for DST, including saving fuel, but helping candy factories for Halloween wasn't one of them.

Anyway, I'm with you about regulating sugar. It's a ridiculous notion.

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